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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Rhizome 14275.0 1.00 *
1'-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE 0 Rhizome 12.5 *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 4 Rhizome 553.1 *
1,3-DIEMTHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
1,5-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
1-2-DI-O-GALLOYL-6-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 96.9 *
1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 121.9 *
1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 143.8 *
1-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 75.0 *
1-O-GALLOYL-6-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 40.6 *
1-O-GALLOYL-FRUCTOSE 0 Rhizome *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-METHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-O-CINNAMOYL-1-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Root *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-PHENYLBENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
3,4-DIMETHYL-HEXAN-3,4-DIOL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
Nociceptive 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Occuloirritant 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
P450-Inducer 1 *
Paralytic 1 *
Parasiticide 2 *
Pediculicide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Perfumery 10 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 36 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Pigment 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prooxidant 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Mueller, S. O., Stopper, H. 1999. Characterization of the Genotoxicity of Anthraquinones in Mammalian Cells. Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1428: 406-414.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
Proteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Psychoactive 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.